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WHY SARGSYAN DIDN'T ATTEND
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments26266.html
Published: 12:12:27 - 21/05/2012
Serzh Sargsyan did not go to Chicago and did not attend the NATO
summit on May 21. He had also skipped the summit of 2012 in Lisbon. At
that time there were opinions that Sargsyan's refusal to participate
was due to his prejudices because the summits in this capital had a
negative precedent for Armenia, in particular in 1996 the OSCE summit
made a decision which Armenia vetoed.
Serzh Sargsyan explained his refusal to leave for Lisbon by the
statement on territorial integrity in the concluding document where
self-determination was not mentioned at all. Certainly, the concluding
document of the NATO summit is more declarative in nature than the
OSCE's, especially that the alliance does not and is reluctant to
participate directly in the process of Karabakh, announcing that it
fully supports the OSCE Minsk Group efforts.
In regard to the decision of Serzh Sargsyan not to attend Lisbon,
NATO officials repeated that his decision is strange because Armenia
can come and present its position at the level of president.
Official Yerevan has not explained why Serzh Sargsyan did not attend
Chicago. Is the reason the same, that is the absence of the principle
of self-determination in the concluding document or are there other
reasons?
Apparently, there are other reasons because not attending it would
be strange, especially after the reaction of NATO member ambassadors
to Armenia on Lisbon.
It is not ruled out that Chicago was going to discuss something
unpleasant for Russia, namely the European missile defense system. In
the press conference during the summit in Chicago the secretary general
Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated that NATO member states agreed to deploy
the missile defense system.
Putin, the new president of Russia, did not leave for Chicago
explaining by forming government. Instead, he sent Medvedev to Chicago.
Most probably, Putin tried to express his contempt for the summit.
Medvedev is the prime minister appointed by Putin. If the president
cannot attend because of forming a government, then it is strange that
the prime minister does not skip the summit for the same reason. After
all, he will be the head of the government that is being formed.
Hence, Putin once against displays that Medvedev is just a marionette
in the Russian policy and at the same time he sends him to Chicago
to indicate his attitude to the decisions to be made there. Perhaps
Putin is aware that he will be unable to change or prevent anything
in NATO summit resolutions hence there is no need to have a serious
diplomatic representation to the summit.
Most probably, Serzh Sargsyan was reluctant to attend the summit which
would make an unpleasant resolution for Russia. Serzh Sargsyan would
not be among those who adopt the resolution but his participation, his
presence would be an unpleasant gesture for Russia. Apparently, Serzh
Sargsyan decided not to do it, especially considering the scenario,
logic and result of the Armenian parliamentary election that was
so unpleasant to Russia, and in response Putin did not meet with
Sargsyan visiting Moscow for the CSTO and CIS summits. Only Prime
Minister Medvedev met with him.
Most probably Serzh Sargsyan thought that the parliamentary election
was enough for Russia, and there is no need to go too far in teasing
Russia in such a short period of time. Most probably, the West also
thought so. After all, NATO did not even invite Serzh Sargsyan, unlike
the previous summit when Robert Simons, the special envoy of NATO
Secretary General to the South Caucasus, visiting Yerevan, invited him.
Although it is not ruled out that NATO did not invite Sargsyan this
time for refusing the invitation last time.
HAKOB BADALYAN
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/comments26266.html
Published: 12:12:27 - 21/05/2012
Serzh Sargsyan did not go to Chicago and did not attend the NATO
summit on May 21. He had also skipped the summit of 2012 in Lisbon. At
that time there were opinions that Sargsyan's refusal to participate
was due to his prejudices because the summits in this capital had a
negative precedent for Armenia, in particular in 1996 the OSCE summit
made a decision which Armenia vetoed.
Serzh Sargsyan explained his refusal to leave for Lisbon by the
statement on territorial integrity in the concluding document where
self-determination was not mentioned at all. Certainly, the concluding
document of the NATO summit is more declarative in nature than the
OSCE's, especially that the alliance does not and is reluctant to
participate directly in the process of Karabakh, announcing that it
fully supports the OSCE Minsk Group efforts.
In regard to the decision of Serzh Sargsyan not to attend Lisbon,
NATO officials repeated that his decision is strange because Armenia
can come and present its position at the level of president.
Official Yerevan has not explained why Serzh Sargsyan did not attend
Chicago. Is the reason the same, that is the absence of the principle
of self-determination in the concluding document or are there other
reasons?
Apparently, there are other reasons because not attending it would
be strange, especially after the reaction of NATO member ambassadors
to Armenia on Lisbon.
It is not ruled out that Chicago was going to discuss something
unpleasant for Russia, namely the European missile defense system. In
the press conference during the summit in Chicago the secretary general
Anders Fogh Rasmussen stated that NATO member states agreed to deploy
the missile defense system.
Putin, the new president of Russia, did not leave for Chicago
explaining by forming government. Instead, he sent Medvedev to Chicago.
Most probably, Putin tried to express his contempt for the summit.
Medvedev is the prime minister appointed by Putin. If the president
cannot attend because of forming a government, then it is strange that
the prime minister does not skip the summit for the same reason. After
all, he will be the head of the government that is being formed.
Hence, Putin once against displays that Medvedev is just a marionette
in the Russian policy and at the same time he sends him to Chicago
to indicate his attitude to the decisions to be made there. Perhaps
Putin is aware that he will be unable to change or prevent anything
in NATO summit resolutions hence there is no need to have a serious
diplomatic representation to the summit.
Most probably, Serzh Sargsyan was reluctant to attend the summit which
would make an unpleasant resolution for Russia. Serzh Sargsyan would
not be among those who adopt the resolution but his participation, his
presence would be an unpleasant gesture for Russia. Apparently, Serzh
Sargsyan decided not to do it, especially considering the scenario,
logic and result of the Armenian parliamentary election that was
so unpleasant to Russia, and in response Putin did not meet with
Sargsyan visiting Moscow for the CSTO and CIS summits. Only Prime
Minister Medvedev met with him.
Most probably Serzh Sargsyan thought that the parliamentary election
was enough for Russia, and there is no need to go too far in teasing
Russia in such a short period of time. Most probably, the West also
thought so. After all, NATO did not even invite Serzh Sargsyan, unlike
the previous summit when Robert Simons, the special envoy of NATO
Secretary General to the South Caucasus, visiting Yerevan, invited him.
Although it is not ruled out that NATO did not invite Sargsyan this
time for refusing the invitation last time.